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Radford University Encourages Students to Attend BLM Protest Despite Coronavirus Restrictions

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 21, 2020 1 Comment

"I am asking members of Highlander nation to pledge in serving as active and vocal participants by advocating for equality and fairness now and well into the future"...

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Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax Officially Enters Governor Race A Year After Facing Two Sexual Assault Allegations

Posted by Mary Chastain on September 14, 2020 27 Comments

Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax announced his gubernatorial candidacy a few months after he let people know he was thinking about it. The announcement also comes a year after he faced two sexual assault allegations.

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Washington and Lee University Offers Course on ‘How to Overthrow the State’

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 06, 2020 31 Comments

For months now, Washington and Lee University in Virginia has been struggling over whether or not to strip Lee's name from the school, based on his association with the Confederacy. Yet the same school is now offering a course on how to overthrow the state. How's that for irony?

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Revolutionary War Statue at University of Virginia Vandalized With Red Paint

Posted by Mike LaChance on August 20, 2020 1 Comment

"The statue depicts Revolutionary War-era figure George Rogers Clark"...

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Massachusetts: Accused Rapist Bailed Out of Jail by Liberal Bail Fund Group Charged With Raping Again

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on August 09, 2020 40 Comments

A pro-bail reform group in Massachusetts posted bail for a twice-convicted rapist who has now been charged with yet another rape.  The group called "Massachusetts Bail Fund" has as its slogan, “Free Them All.”

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Virginia Commonwealth University ‘Protests’ Cause Over $100,000 in Damage

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 28, 2020 2 Comments

"We are concerned about groups that promote destruction and violence co-opting important social justice reform movements"...

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Virginia Mandates “Slavery Lessons” . . . For Kindergarteners

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on July 21, 2020 56 Comments

Here at LI, we have long covered the Marxist takeover of college education and its devolution into the crazed, self-righteous cancel culture cult that has taken over the leftstream media, Hollywood, and major corporations.  Campus culture has become American culture in many disturbing and alarming ways, and as Andrew Breitbart famously noted "politics is downstream from culture."

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Faculty at Washington and Lee U. Vote to Remove Lee’s Name from School

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 08, 2020 20 Comments

"in response to continuing protests for racial justice"...

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VA Governor Northam Signs Law Allowing In-State Tuition for Some Illegal Immigrants

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2020 2 Comments

"Students who meet these criteria shall be eligible for in-state tuition regardless of their citizenship or immigration status"...

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U. Virginia to Pay U.S. Government $1 Million Dollars in Settlement

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 01, 2020 5 Comments

"The university takes seriously its responsibility to be a good steward of federal funds"...

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Washington and Lee University Reportedly Considering Name Change

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 28, 2020 11 Comments

"faculty members are working on a petition to change the name in response to the nationwide emphasis on removing public references to the Confederacy in the wake of the death of George Floyd"...

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University of Virginia Makes Small Change to Athletics Logo Over Slavery Connection

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 18, 2020 10 Comments

"After the release of our new logos on April 24th, I was made aware of the negative connotation between the serpentine walls and slavery"...

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University Creates High Ranking Diversity Position Despite Coronavirus Hiring Freeze

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 13, 2020 3 Comments

"associate vice president for diversity, equity and inclusion"...

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Man Injured After Confederate Statue Falls on Head: ‘His Skull was Actually Showing’

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 11, 2020 57 Comments

I am shocked this hasn't happened more. The Black Lives Matter chapter of Portsmouth, VA, vandalized and toppled a Confederate statue.

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Christopher Columbus Statue Torn Down, Thrown Into Lake in Downtown Richmond

Posted by Mary Chastain on June 10, 2020 25 Comments

The death of George Floyd has reignited the obsession with removing statues of those with unsavory pasts. Protesters tore down the Christopher Columbus statue in Byrd Park in Richmond, VA. They then threw it into the lake.

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Ralph Northam Orders Virginians to Wear Masks Days After Being Spotted Near Others at Beach Without One

Posted by Mike LaChance on May 27, 2020 34 Comments

Virginia's Democrat Governor Ralph Northam has now ordered all Virginians to wear face masks in public. Just two days ago, the governor was spotted at a beach, not wearing a mask or practicing social distancing. Doesn't this send a rather mixed message?

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Justice Department Warns CA Coronavirus Rules May Violate Religious Freedoms

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 20, 2020 13 Comments

Today's update begins with some significant developments from the West Coast. The U.S. Justice Department has just issued a warning that California could be violating religious freedoms in its plan to reopen the state after the coronavirus stay-at-home order.

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Wuhan Virus Watch: Israel Isolates Coronavirus Antibody in ‘Significant Breakthrough’

Posted by Leslie Eastman on May 05, 2020 19 Comments

Today's update features several exciting announcements from the scientific community.

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